Itunes About To Be As Dead As Icon's Ughh

I was going to post about this since we had a discussion about iTunes and other music storage software applications on the other board.  I love iTunes and swear by them so I'm curious on what the future holds.

Does anyone know if the current version on your computer will continue to work? I don't care about any updates or even connecting to the internet for album covers, etc. I'm just scared to lose all of my playlists if I switch to another application for music storage and organization.

tippi had a rec for me that I can't remember and is probably lost in ughh cyber space. hope he reads this...

Aren’t they just compartmentalizing it into three separate apps essentially? Apple Music, TV, and Podcasts. Shouldn’t lose any functionality. Just changes in how things are executed.

Here’s some highlights from this article that perhaps address some of your concerns. Plenty more info in there so recommended reading.

www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/apple-killed-itunes-heres-what-happens-to-your-music-now/

Does my iTunes collection go away?

No way. Every song you've ever bought, ripped, uploaded or imported will already be part of Apple Music when you upgrade from your current Mac OS version to Catalina. All the files that are already on your computer will remain. Apple isn't liquidating anything you already own, but it will reorganize where the files live.

Even my ripped CDs, MP3s and playlists?

Yep, even those. You'll find them in your Apple Music library.

Will I still be able to burn a CD with Apple Music?

Yes, if you have an external CD drive and the necessary cables, though this isn't something we've tested yet.

What happens to people who use iTunes on Windows?

iTunes will continue to work on Windows as is.

Will iTunes still work on older version of MacOS?

You can still use iTunes on a version of Mac that predates MacOS Catalina (e.g. Mojave), but it won't be available when you make the upgrade.

Bbbbbuuuuuuurrrrrrr

hey NWS, musicbee is the program i switched to a couple years back after itunes was giving me problems. the only thing it doesn't have that i miss from itunes is the coverflow feature but other than that i don't miss itunes at all.

yeah, i move music to my phone but not often, just when something isn't on spotify, so the way i do it is probably pretty inefficient. i literally just drag the album folders to my phone lol. i just tested the actual device sync with my galaxy S9 and it seemed to work fine though.

@88- yeah, playlists always play in the proper order. no issues.

@music bee is cool in my experience and media monkey is another dope one that is pretty in depth and user friendly.


i use spotify cause its easier and more convenient but also use media monkey for stuff downloaded onto my computer like doper new stuff i get , older stuff i already have files of etc. 

just easier with spotify as your not buying each album and downloading it or unzipping and dragging files into itunes or music bee etc. less laborious and time consuming for sure. that being said though, its a f**king cloud but thats why i use an app for important music that i want to have files of. spotify is a very useful part of the music arsenal and well worth the 9.99/month.

i dont work for them. 

Observe, you can’t even afford to buy music or a computer at that

You can’t even keep a job for more than a couple months

Slow the f**k down with the emojis

Lol don, gp.

Karim pwnt.

^ yeah, music bee and media monkey both work with ipods and pads, mp3 players etc.  takes a minute to figure out but you can sync and drag albums and playlists from music bee onto your devices.

there seems to be an issue syncing ipods and iphones with musicbee directly, but it depends on the model. if you've got an ipod classic, it's probably worth a shot. otherwise, there's a driver that will sync your musicbee library, playlists, etc to itunes and you could sync it that way if you really wanted to.  this is from the musicbee FAQ:



  

i only really buy digital music off bandcamp these days, if it's not on bandcamp and i want to download it instead of streaming, i'll just use Soulseek.

i wouldn't blame you if you're skeptical about a peer to peer filesharing program like this, but i've never had any issues with it in the last 10 years. you can find most music on there. trust me this isn't limewire, you won't accidentally download that audio clip of bill clinton talking about how he didn't have sexual relations with that woman. plus, you can see a user's entire music library if they allow it which is useful whenever you come across someone with similar taste. 

Wheres the block button?